8-letter words containing a, l, n, g
- langspel — a long and narrow old or traditional Scandinavian stringed instrument, played with the fingers and not a bow
- langston — John Mercer, 1829–97, U.S. public official, diplomat, and educator.
- langsyne — long since; long ago.
- language — a body of words and the systems for their use common to a people who are of the same community or nation, the same geographical area, or the same cultural tradition: the two languages of Belgium; a Bantu language; the French language; the Yiddish language.
- languish — to be or become weak or feeble; droop; fade.
- languour — Alternative spelling of languor.
- lansberg — a walled plain in the third quadrant of the face of the moon: about 29 miles (46 km) in diameter.
- lantsang — Chinese name of Mekong.
- lapwings — Plural form of lapwing.
- largando — allargando.
- largened — Simple past tense and past participle of largen.
- larrigan — a knee-high boot of oiled leather with a moccasin foot, worn by lumbermen and trappers.
- larynges — Anatomy. a muscular and cartilaginous structure lined with mucous membrane at the upper part of the trachea in humans, in which the vocal cords are located.
- laryngo- — indicating the larynx
- lasagnas — Plural form of lasagna.
- lasering — Present participle of laser.
- lashings — a binding or fastening with a rope or the like.
- lassoing — a long rope or line of hide or other material with a running noose at one end, used for roping horses, cattle, etc.
- latching — a device for holding a door, gate, or the like, closed, consisting basically of a bar falling or sliding into a catch, groove, hole, etc.
- laughing — that laughs or is given to laughter: a laughing child.
- laughlin — James, IV, 1914–97, U.S. editor, publisher, and poet.
- laughton — Charles, 1899–1962, U.S. actor, born in England.
- layering — a thickness of some material laid on or spread over a surface: a layer of soot on the window sill; two layers of paint.
- leaching — to dissolve out soluble constituents from (ashes, soil, etc.) by percolation.
- leadings — Plural form of leading.
- leanings — Plural form of leaning.
- learning — knowledge acquired by systematic study in any field of scholarly application.
- leasings — Plural form of leasing.
- leavings — something that is left; residue.
- legatine — of, relating to, or authorized by a legate.
- legation — a diplomatic minister and staff in a foreign mission.
- lesghian — Lezghian.
- lezghian — a member of a people living mainly in the Dagestan Autonomous Republic in the Russian Federation.
- liaising — to form a liaison.
- liaodong — a peninsula in NE China, extending S into the Yellow Sea.
- liaoning — Pinyin, Wade-Giles. a province in NE China. 58,301 sq. mi. (151,000 sq. km). Capital: Shenyang.
- liaoyang — Pinyin, Wade-Giles. a city in central Liaoning province, in NE China.
- liegeman — a vassal; subject.
- ligament — Anatomy, Zoology. a band of tissue, usually white and fibrous, serving to connect bones, hold organs in place, etc.
- ligating — Present participle of ligate.
- ligation — the act of ligating, especially of surgically tying up a bleeding artery.
- ligeance — Chiefly Law. the territory subject to a sovereign or liege lord.
- ligurian — an apparently Indo-European language used in ancient times along the NW coast of the Ligurian Sea.
- lineages — Plural form of lineage.
- lingayat — a member of the Lingayata cult.
- linguica — a highly spiced Portuguese garlic sausage.
- lingular — a tongue-shaped organ, process, or tissue.
- linkages — Plural form of linkage.
- linsangs — Plural form of linsang.
- litigant — a person engaged in a lawsuit.